Good Neighbor Care to Implement A.L. Wizard Software Across Communities Nationwide

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - September 7, 2006   A.L. Wizard, provider of software solutions for assisted living, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Good Neighbor Care to implement its suite of management modules across the assisted living provider's portfolio of properties. Good Neighbor Care currently operates 43 independent, assisted living and memory care communities across the United States.

"With recent expansion and plans for continued growth, we identified a need to further enhance operations and ensure consistency throughout all our communities," said David McCurdy, Good Neighbor Care's President and CEO. "A.L. Wizard provides the powerful software applications and quality service required to help us standardize care procedures, implement more efficient staffing and scheduling, and increase corporate oversight."

"We anticipate that our business relationship with A.L. Wizard will result in increased quality of resident care, a reduction of overall corporate risk, and ultimately, increased profitability," McCurdy added.

Said A.L. Wizard President and CEO Rose Lochmann: "Our company is gratified that A.L. Wizard's software solutions have been selected by a renowned industry leader like Good Neighbor. We look forward to working closely with Good Neighbor's individual communities, as well as its regional and corporate staff, as our suite of products are implemented across their enterprise to help address care giving needs and meet business objectives."

Good Neighbor Care awarded the contract to A.L. Wizard following a 60-day competitive pilot conducted in assisted living and dementia communities in Ohio and California. The pilot was designed to evaluate all aspects of software and connectivity, as well as service support.

"When you get beyond the ease-of-use and very real benefits of A.L. Wizard's software, we were most impressed with the company's customer service and support," said Judy Peoples, Executive Vice President of Operations at Good Neighbor Care. "Their level of training is superb and throughout the pilot they listened to our needs and adjusted the program accordingly. A.L. Wizard's integrity and industry knowledge stands out, which is why we look forward to working with them."

Comprehensive Program
Good Neighbor communities will utilize A.L. Wizard's entire set of web-based solutions: Resident Manager, Billing Manager, Staff Manager and Marketing Manager. Each of these modules is designed to automate critical aspects of the assisted living business, helping to ensure that the quality care and well being of residents is both practical and profitable.

Resident Manager utilizes a nationally acclaimed assessment method to identify patient acuity and automatically generates service plans. This allows changes in condition to be detected and acted upon in a timely manner and also provides detailed documentation for direct care service billing.

Billing Manager, which is integrated with Resident Manager, is a multi-community analysis tool for managing billing charges in line with ever-changing acuity levels in each community, and across communities.

Staffing Manager automates the process of assigning and managing staff. It captures cost of care and allocates staff based on acuity. Marketing Manager addresses the maintaining of peak occupancy levels by providing contact management, lead generation, campaigns, sales activities, prospect tracking and other back office capabilities.

Program implementation will begin in early September, with rollout scheduled for completion in 90 day increments.

About Good Neighbor Care
For nearly two decades, Good Neighbor Care (www.goodneighbor.com) has specialized in caring for seniors with a variety of special needs. The company's long history gives it an advantage and unique insight for assisting fully independent residents as well as those with specialized care requirements. With more than forty communities nationwide to its credit, Good Neighbor Care offers a variety of residence options and services. Some are exclusive memory care communities while others offer multiple levels of care from estate-like, fully independent retirement apartments to nurturing assisted living communities.

About A.L. Wizard
A.L. Wizard provides industry-leading assisted living management solutions to top assisted living providers nationwide. The solution suite enables Resident Management, Staffing Management, Marketing as well as Billing, while providing executive managers with the information and insights to manage care and costs across communities.

Designed by a nurse and former assisted living administrator, A.L. Wizard embodies state-of-the-industry acuity measurement and management best practices. Combining exceptional ease of adoption and dramatically low cost of ownership, A.L. Wizard is the accepted standard in assisted living software. For more information, call 888-440-0566 or visit www.alwizard.com.

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